Bolat Amanetov

Bolat Amanetov (1952-) was a field commander of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria during the Second Chechen War.

Biography
Bolat Amanetov was born in 1952 in Chervlennaya, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union to a Sunni Muslim Chechen family. Amanetov took up arms to fight for Chechen independence during the First Chechen War, and he rose to become a field commander of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the struggle against Russia. In 2000, he conducted guerrilla warfare against the Russian Army around Argun Gorge, attempting to force the Russians out of Chechnya.